The Open - Part 1

The Open - Part 1
​with Martin Charron

I started CrossFit a few months before the 2017 Open.  I was very hesitant to sign up for the open because I definitely felt that I was not good enough to compete.  I could barely manage to do all of the new CrossFit movements that I was learning. 

My first experience was much better than I was expecting.  Obviously, the workouts are very challenging, but they are also fun because we do them as a group.  With the scaling options that are available, I was still able to do all of the workouts and push myself beyond what I was expecting. 

Competing in the open in 2017 gave me my personal starting benchmark.  At the end of the day, even though there is some friendly competition at the gym, the only person that I’m really competing against is myself.  Doing the open every year allows me to see how much I’ve improved (or not) throughout the year and even more important over the years. 

We all have different goals that we want to achieve with CrossFit, but ultimately we all want to be a healthier and stronger version of ourselves.   

I would strongly recommend that people sign up.  It is the perfect opportunity to measure your fitness progress. I struggled with doing all of the scaled workouts in 2017, but over the years I was able to complete them and even do some of the RX workouts last year.  It’s a good feeling to see the immense progress that we do over the year because it is definitely not visible on a day-to-day basis. 

“It’s better to be at the bottom of the ladder you want to climb than at the top of the one you don’t.” ~ Stephen Kellogg

Regards, Martin